Key Terms & Themes
Human Health & the Environment
Thu Aug 28, 2025
Misinformation
False information shared without the intention to mislead.
Disinformation
False information deliberately created and spread to deceive or cause harm.
Malinformation
Genuine information used out of context to cause harm.
Malinformation
Genuine information used out of context to cause harm.
Green Washing
Misinformation, Disinformation, or Malinformation?
Green Washing
Examples?
Definition
The health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and inter-dependent.
One Health aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems.
Scope
Goals
- Tackle threats to health and ecosystems
- Address the collective need for clean water, energy and air, safe and nutritious food
- Take action on climate changes and contributing to sustainable development.
Environmental Justice Defined
The just treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in environmental decision-making to ensure full protection from disproportionate environmental and health impacts, and equitable access to a healthy, sustainable, and resilient environment.
– U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2024)
Justice & Equity
Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice
- Black children were 5x more likely to have lead poisoning than white children were.
- Even black Americans making 50-60K/year were more likely to live in polluted areas than their white counterparts making only 10K/year
Environmental Justice
